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CHAMBERED TOMB: CLOGHOGAN in Ballygawn

CHAMBERED TOMB: CLOGHOGAN

What is recorded here

Cloghogan is a scheduled prehistoric chambered tomb in Ballygawn, County Antrim. It is not a building for living, but a chambered tomb where people placed what they lost before they understood death as a permanent door. The stones still stand beside the road because that is what chambers do: they refuse to release their dead into forgetting.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHAMBERED TOMB: CLOGHOGAN. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Chambered tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. It is significant as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting early prehistoric burial practices in the region.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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